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Fires are breaking out everywhere. With oil palm and dry grass catching flames rapidly and smoke filling the air, Fr. Evance warns that public health is now at risk. Kimbe, West New Britain - A Franciscan Capuchin Friar based in the Diocese of Kimbe, who is also the Parish Priest of Bitokara - St. Theresia of the Child Jesus and the Coordinator of JPIC - Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation - within the Capuchins in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, is urging resident

On Thursday, 1st October 2026, between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm, the Catholic Professionals Society of Papua New Guinea (CPS PNG) officially launched its nationwide voter education and civic awareness campaign, Project 2027, at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall Boroko, Port Moresby. Operating under the motto “Lumen et Vocem Catholica” a light and a voice of the Catholic faith in PNG, the non-partisan initiative was established to promote good governance, ethical stewardship, and civic res

An Urgent Pastoral Appeal from His Lordship Bishop Joseph Durero SVD DARU-KIUNGA, Western Province – His Lordship Bishop Joseph Durero SVD, Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, has made an urgent appeal for prayers for rain and for the people affected by the El Niño-induced drought in Western Province and in many parts of the country during Mass this morning at the Catholic Bishops Conference in Port Moresby. In an emotional appeal, Bishop Durero said communities across the province are fa

This article is a reflection on and application of the message for 100 Years of World Mission Sunday. It is authored by Fr. Dr. Christian Sieland, a Papua New Guinean Catholic priest who serves as the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. October holds a special place in the life of the Catholic Church because it is universally recognised as Mission Month. It is a time to awaken in all of us the awareness tha

.His Eminence Mykola Cardinal Bychok, His Eminence Sir John Cardinal Ribat, and His Excellency Archbishop Maurizio Bravi with Bishops after the Thanksgiving Mass of their Annual Retreat PORT MORESBY, 25 September 2026 - The Annual Spiritual Retreat of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands CBCPNGSI concluded Friday with a solemn Thanksgiving Mass presided over by His Eminence Sir John Cardinal Ribat, M.S.C., with the homily delivered by Retrea

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Archbishop Maurizio Bravi, Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands and His Eminence Sir John Cardinal Ribat MSC pictured with Archbishop Anton Bal, Bishop Rozario Menezes SMM, Fr. Stefano Mosca PIME and concelebrants during the celebration of the 200th birth anniversary of Blessed John Mazzucconi ALOTAU — The Catholic Diocese of Alotau–Sideia marked the bicentenary of Blessed Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi, one of the foundatio

Bishops Concelebrating at Mass, extending both their hands with palms down over the offerings PORT MORESBY, 23 September 2026 — The Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (PNGSI), currently on their Annual Retreat, celebrated Holy Mass today for the Memorial of St. Pio of Pietrelcina at the Catholic Bishops Conference (CBC) Chapel in Port Moresby. The retreat, which began on Monday and will conclude on Friday, is being facilitated by His Eminence

Photo @VIVAT Communication Team VIVAT International held a training workshop in Madang, Papua New Guinea, from 14 to 18 September 2025. The event brought together religious, diocesan, youth and lay participants to strengthen local action for justice, peace and the integrity of creation. The workshop was organised at the SVD Conference Centre by the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) coordinators, Sr Arnolda Kavanamur, SSpS, and Fr Vincent Wasaring, SVD. Understan

His Eminence Mykola Cardinal Bychok, Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne, meets His Excellency Archbishop Maurizio Bravi, Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Papua New Guinea warmly welcomes His Eminence Mykola Cardinal Bychok, C.Ss.R., who arrived in the country on 20 September to join the Catholic Bishops of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands for their annual retreat. In a significant moment of comm

Priests House at Imangapos, built in memory of the late Fr Lawrence Kambao. IMANGAPOS, Pumakos Parish, Diocese of Wabag: A New Priests House at Imangapos was solemnly blessed on 15 September 2025, on the eve of Papua New Guinea’s 50th Independence anniversary. The house was built in honour of the late Rev. Fr Lawrence Kambao, the first diocesan priest from Pumakos. Fr Kambao was ordained for the Diocese of Wabag in 1992 and died in 1995 while serving as parish priest of Maria

Bishop Rozario Menezes SMM greets Pope Leo XIV in Rome and the Pope assures him of his prayers for the people of Papua New Guinea. VATICAN CITY – Most Rev. Rozario Menezes, SMM, Bishop of Lae and President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (CBC PNGSI), was received in a private audience by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday, 9 September 2026. The audience took place during the Focolare meeting, held from 8 to 11 September at Casa D

His Eminence Sir John Cardinal Ribat MSC, Most Rev. Justin Ain Soongie — accompanying bishop and key PNG Church representatives meeting Senator Penny Wong In a profound witness to Christian unity and synodality, His Eminence Sir John Cardinal Ribat, MSC, Archbishop of Port Moresby and Chairman of the Papua New Guinea Council of Churches, led a delegation of Church leaders from Papua New Guinea on an ecumenical visit to Australia. Building Community Engagement Papua New Guinea